FRIDAY RELEASES

[twosuitsluke]

Mainly looking forward to new Megadeth Friday but looks like we also have new..

Blind Guardian
The HU
King Buffalo
The Butterfly Effect

Nice

[nick_z]

Mainly looking forward to new Megadeth Friday but looks like we also have new..

Blind Guardian
The HU
King Buffalo
The Butterfly Effect

Nice

Indeed...I didn't realize The Butterfly Effect were releasing a new album...

[twosuitsluke]

Mainly looking forward to new Megadeth Friday but looks like we also have new..

Blind Guardian
The HU
King Buffalo
The Butterfly Effect

Nice

Indeed...I didn't realize The Butterfly Effect were releasing a new album...

Me neither! Nice surprise. Just also found out Dreadnought released a new album last week! Why the fuck did no one mention that 

[LithoJazzoSphere]

Just also found out Dreadnought released a new album last week! Why the fuck did no one mention that 

Dreadnought doesn't strike me as the type of band that would be popular here, but searching does show a few results for them.  "Liminal Veil" and "The Paradigm Mirror" were the standout tracks for me so far. 

[twosuitsluke]

Just also found out Dreadnought released a new album last week! Why the fuck did no one mention that 

Dreadnought doesn't strike me as the type of band that would be popular here, but searching does show a few results for them.  "Liminal Veil" and "The Paradigm Mirror" were the standout tracks for me so far.

I have faith in the diversity of DTFers taste enough to say there's at least one fan, of any band you'd care to mention,on here.

Dreadnought definitely have a few fans on here.

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Just also found out Dreadnought released a new album last week! Why the fuck did no one mention that 

Dreadnought doesn't strike me as the type of band that would be popular here, but searching does show a few results for them.  "Liminal Veil" and "The Paradigm Mirror" were the standout tracks for me so far.

I have faith in the diversity of DTFers taste enough to say there's at least one fan, of any band you'd care to mention,on here.

Dreadnought definitely have a few fans on here.

Yep! I'm one. Been listening to them since someone sent a Dreadnought song in one of my roulettes. Can't remember who sent it or which roulette.

At any rate, the new album is really good.

[twosuitsluke]

Getting in early but this is what I'm going to be checking out come Friday...

Crippled Black Phoenix - Banefyre
Fallujah - Empyrean
Holy Fawn - Dimensional Bleed
Bloodbath - Survival of the Sickest
Revocation - Netherheaven
Flogging Molly - Anthem
Warforged - The Grove | Sundial

[TAC]

Revocation 

[Glasser]

Revocation 

One of the best modern day technical thrash bands. They absolutely crush live! If these guys were around in the 80's or early 90's they would have been huge. Amazing musicians!

[LithoJazzoSphere]

I don't know, would they have been?  Tech thrash always was a niche.  Voivod, Coroner, Sadus, Forbidden, Watchtower and the like never had nearly the audience the big four+ did.  Nor did death/thrash like Demolition Hammer, Morbid Saint, Vader and such.  Deathless in particular is a fantastic album though. 

[Glasser]

True but they would have at the least among those classics you named.

[LithoJazzoSphere]

They kind of are though, aren't they?  At least as far as modern bands go.  Vektor had a bit more critical acclaim ( though they've probably taken a hit from that situation a few years ago) but Revocation is up there as well as far as I can tell.  In addition, they have significantly more Spotify listeners than any of the bands I mentioned other than Vader. 

[Glasser]

Voi Vod are much bigger and before streaming.  The market is so over saturated these days. If streaming is the gauge then I have no clue. I don't stream any music except for sampling to buy.

[LithoJazzoSphere]

It's not perfect, but it can give an indication for how popular bands are currently,  Particularly if you also look at things like views for songs/albums on Youtube, last.fm plays, Facebook fans, number of ratings and reviews on various aggregation sites, and other metrics. 

[Glasser]

I had many a conversation with Mike Romeo about streaming actually and bands don't make much at all. He pretty much feels albums get people to come to shows to sell merch etc. Video killed the radio star as streaming killed the rock star. I'm not saying Mike doesn't enjoy writing and recording albums as he very much does, I'm just saying its no secret streaming doesn't make the working band rich. If you don't tour its tough to make a living unless you have other means to earn. Its tough.

[LithoJazzoSphere]

Yeah, but then album/CD sales never made bands rich either, other than some of the big names.  Just an unfortunate reality of the music industry. 

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

An Abstract Illusion just dropped their new album Woe today.... Oh my! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jt7M-s0tzY

[Crow]

An Abstract Illusion just dropped their new album Woe today.... Oh my! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jt7M-s0tzY

posted this in the listening thread but this is an absolute banger

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

An Abstract Illusion just dropped their new album Woe today.... Oh my! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jt7M-s0tzY

posted this in the listening thread but this is an absolute banger

Indeed!

And a new Fallujah album today! And Warforged! And Revocation! What a day for technical/progressive death metal!

[twosuitsluke]

An Abstract Illusion just dropped their new album Woe today.... Oh my! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jt7M-s0tzY

posted this in the listening thread but this is an absolute banger

Indeed!

And a new Fallujah album today! And Warforged! And Revocation! What a day for technical/progressive death metal!

Listened to those three yesterday and firing up Woe now. I wasn't particularly wowed by any of them, but will give it a week and go back to them.

[Crow]

fallujah sure was a tech death album. revocation i skipped because meh. warforged was really disappointing, their frontman left and apparently took all the good ideas with him

[nick_z]

An Abstract Illusion just dropped their new album Woe today.... Oh my! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jt7M-s0tzY

posted this in the listening thread but this is an absolute banger

Yes, indeed!

[TAC]

revocation i skipped because meh.

 

They freaking crank!

[Crow]

i own a revocation album i've barely thought about in like... 4-5 years, and then their 2018 album i remember not doing much of anything for me
just not a fan of thrash!

[TAC]

Their vocals really test my limit, but musically, I love them. But I like music like that. If they could just tone this vocals down a bit....

[TAC]

An Abstract Illusion just dropped their new album Woe today.... Oh my! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jt7M-s0tzY

posted this in the listening thread but this is an absolute banger

Yes, indeed!

Listening now. Really interesting. I dig it.

[ariich]

The new An Abstract Illusion is amazing, and such a grower. First listen I knew I liked it but wasn't sure how much - there's a lot to take in, and it's more varied and experimental than their last album. But damn if I don't love it now.

[twosuitsluke]

The new An Abstract Illusion is amazing, and such a grower. First listen I knew I liked it but wasn't sure how much - there's a lot to take in, and it's more varied and experimental than their last album. But damn if I don't love it now.

Just about to give it a second listen. Was pretty impressed by the first spin.

[twosuitsluke]

A few I'll be checking out come Friday...

Destrage - SO MUCH. too much.
The Mars Volta - The Mars Volta
Behemoth - Opvs Contra Natvram
Clutch - Sunrise on Slaughter Beach
The Murlocs - Rapscallion
Gogol Bordello - Solidaritine

The main one I'm actually looking forward to is the new Mars Volta though.

[Glasser]

revocation i skipped because meh.

 

They freaking crank!

Revocation have become one of my favorite bands since seeing them live on the Summer Slaughter Tour in NY. These guys are FAR from "meh". 

[nick_z]

A few I'll be checking out come Friday...

Destrage - SO MUCH. too much.
The Mars Volta - The Mars Volta
Behemoth - Opvs Contra Natvram
Clutch - Sunrise on Slaughter Beach
The Murlocs - Rapscallion
Gogol Bordello - Solidaritine

The main one I'm actually looking forward to is the new Mars Volta though.

I'm curious about Destrage...their albums (at least what I've heard) are usually fun. Also hope for a good Clutch record.

Another one I'm looking forward to is the new Sumerlands (Dreamkiller). Their self-titled debut from 2016 was great.

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

On my friday list I've got:

Destrage (their last 2 albums were such letdowns, I'm hoping this is better)
Clutch
Mars Volta (I'm cautiously optimistic for this release)
Sumerlands
Edenbridge
Death Cab for Cutie (their last 3 albums have been pretty much useless, I'm hoping for a turnaround)

[nick_z]

On my friday list I've got:

Destrage (their last 2 albums were such letdowns, I'm hoping this is better)

The one I have is Are you Kidding Me? No., which I really like. Then I think I've heard A Means to an End, and some other songs here and there...

Sumerlands

Yes! I assume you liked the debut...?

[TAC]

Can't say I'm anticipating anything tomorrow, but I'll spend tomorrow afternoon as I spend every Friday afternoon....dropping the needle on everything.

[wolfking]

I'm pretty keen to check the new Magnus Karlsson project out that's out today.  The singles were great.